Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Vivarès, François
(After)
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain coffee pot, transfer-printed in purple and painted onglaze in polychrome enamels with two scenes of classical ruins.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee-pot, transfer-printed in purple, and painted onglaze in yellow, green, brown and blue enamels, and gilt. The pear-shaped coffee-pot has a curved spout and S-scroll handle with scroll thumbpiece, standing on a low footring; the slightly domed cover is surmounted by a conical knob. The coffee pot is decorated on one side with classical ruins, the reverse with two figures crossing a bridge in a landscape dominated by a classical monument, the handle with two gilt trefoils and dots, the spout printed with rocaillerie.
Notes
History note: Unknown before Dr W.S. Hadley (d. 25 December 1927), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Dr W.S. Hadley
Measurements and weight
Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1927-12-25)
by
Hadley, W. S.
Dating
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
Circa
1770
CE
Note
The landscape with a bridge and fountain is after an engraving by François Vivares, published in 1752, after a painting of 1701 by Pierre Antoine Patel.
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( yellow, green, brown and blue)
gold
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Glazing (coating)
: Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in purple, and painted onglaze in yellow, green, brown and blue enamels, and gilt
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.34 & A-1927
Primary reference Number: 33058
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2017
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
